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Harry Truman: Consequently, I recommend that the Congress, in completing its action on the revision of the Classification Act, make…

On the recordOctober 11, 1949
Consequently, I recommend that the Congress, in completing its action on the revision of the Classification Act, make the rates contained in that legislation applicable to the positions covered by H.R. 6022.
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Harry Truman
Democratic · Missouri

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Special Message to the Congress Upon Signing Bill To Raise the Pay of Certain Employees of the Veterans Administration.

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